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mun·dane
(mŭn-dān′, mŭn′dān′)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular.
2. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
[Middle English mondeine, from Old French mondain, from Latin mundānus, from mundus, world.]
mun·dane′ly adv.
mun·dane′ness, mun·dan′i·ty (-dăn′ĭ-tē) n.
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mundane
(ˈmʌndeɪn; mʌnˈdeɪn)adj
1. everyday, ordinary, or banal
2. relating to the world or worldly matters
[C15: from French mondain, via Late Latin, from Latin mundus world]
ˈmundanely adv
munˈdanity, ˈmundaneness n
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mun•dane
(mʌnˈdeɪn, ˈmʌn deɪn)adj.
1. of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs.
2. common; banal.
[1425–75; < Middle French mondain < Latin mundānus=mund(us) world + -ānus -an1]
mun•dane′ly, adv.
mun•dane′ness, n.
mun•dan′i•ty (-ˈdæn ɪ ti) n.
syn: See earthly.
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Adj. | 1. | mundane - found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" |
2. | mundane - concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality" | |
3. | mundane - belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself" earthly - of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" |
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mundane
adjective
1. ordinary, routine, commonplace, banal, everyday, day-to-day, vanilla (slang), prosaic, humdrum, workaday Be willing to do mundane tasks with good grace.
ordinary interesting, original, novel, exciting, dramatic, unusual, extraordinary, uncommon, ground-breaking, left-field (informal)
ordinary interesting, original, novel, exciting, dramatic, unusual, extraordinary, uncommon, ground-breaking, left-field (informal)
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mundane
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Translations
maine
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mundane
[ˈmʌnˈdeɪn] ADJ (= humdrum) [task] → rutinario; [matter, problem] → trivial; [existence] → prosaicoon a more mundane level → a modo de trivialidad
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mundane
adj (= worldly) → weltlich, profan; (fig: = everyday) → alltäglich; (pej) (= humdrum) → banal; (= boring) → langweilig
n the mundane → das Alltägliche
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